I am not sure how anyone is going to read this review but if anyone is reading it i just want you to know that this book by Hunter S Thompson is crap. Everyone says it is great and they say the movie is great and he invented Gonzo journalism but after reading the book I think it was crap. I find that this book is just a pretty boring book about a guy who goes on a massive bender for a few days....
more I am not sure how anyone is going to read this review but if anyone is reading it i just want you to know that this book by Hunter S Thompson is crap. Everyone says it is great and they say the movie is great and he invented Gonzo journalism but after reading the book I think it was crap. I find that this book is just a pretty boring book about a guy who goes on a massive bender for a few days. There is nothing really funny about it and it all seems a little bit juvenile. Maybe i am just too old but Hunter S Thompson was 33 or something when he wrote it. I expected something more than the rantings of a drug fiend. Given all the acclaim that has been given I thought at least maybe the writing would be good, regardless of the content, but it isn't even well written. I mean good work for inventing Gonzo journalism which is very entertaining but i am afraid that it has been improved upon 10 times over. I would say that Australian gonzo writer John Birmingham is much more entertaining and readable than the content of this book. Birmingham uses a similar style but what he writes about is interesting and makes you think - which can't be said for Thompson.
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